Context-Free Highlights from Tony Hayward's Testimony

The House Energy and Commerce Committee was not impressed with BP CEO Tony Hayward's testimony on the oil spill today. Lawmakers derided his statements as "stonewalling" and "wholly unacceptable," as if he had said nothing. What they do not understand, of course, is that Hayward said everything. The man is not an empty suit; he is a visionary modern philosopher on par with Sartre and Foucault, perhaps even a mystic. Consider the evidence and prepare to have your mind blown:

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"I'd like to understand the context ... as I understand it."

"I clearly am the ultimate power..."

"I had no prior knowledge."

"We have begun to change the culture."

"We came together to figure out a way of working together."

"To form a way forward... that's what we're going to do."

"It is a thing that I talk about every time I talk internally or externally."

"The long-term integrity of the well will be best served by a long string."

"I don't recall the time that was saved."

"[W]hatever form is appropriate."

"There are several hundred entities..."

"Everyone who's been impacted by this has been kept whole."

"I wasn't part of the decision-making process... I wasn't involved in any of the decision making... I simply was not involved in the decision-making process... I was not part of that decision-making process... I was not involved in that decision... I was not involved in the decision making... That was a decision I was not party to.... I wasn't involved in the decision making on the day... I wasn't involved or aware of any of the decisions... I wasn't involved; I'm sorry."

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